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China’s Intellectual Property Rights Attitude

Posted in China, Culture by Elliott Back on September 26th, 2007.

I just came across these photos of Meizu’s new M8 phone, which according to Shanghaiist is two-month-to-make exact copy of the iPhone’s user interface:

meizu1.jpg meizu2.jpg

Interestingly, the new UI was communicated through a BBS, “J. Wong, the company CEO posted the following pics on an internet BBS.” If you’re interested in side-by-side iPhone comparisons, check out the Engadget post.

I wish they’d done some innovation. It’s shameless copying, that’s all, and anyone can do that. The only differences are that it’s a Microsoft powered smartphone, as opposed to a Unix powered cell phone / mp3 player.

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